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8.2 Rotterdam Convention<br />

Article 3: Scope of the Convention: It applies to banned or severely restricted<br />

chemicals and severely hazardous pesticide formulations.<br />

Article 4: Designated National Authorities: Requires each Party to designate<br />

one or more national authorities that shall be authorized to act on its behalf in the<br />

performance of the administrative functions required by this Convention<br />

General Provisions: Each Party has obligation to:-<br />

• Facilitate the exchange of scientific, technical, economic and legal<br />

information concerning Annex III chemicals (Article 14);<br />

• Take such measures to establish and strengthen its national<br />

infrastructures and institutions for the effective implementation of this<br />

Convention (Article 15);<br />

• Cooperate in promoting technical assistance to enable implementation<br />

of this Convention taking into account the particular needs of developing<br />

countries and countries with economies in transition (Article 16);<br />

• The COP shall develop and approve procedures and institutional<br />

mechanisms for determining non-compliance with the provisions of this<br />

Convention (Article 17).<br />

8.3 Stockholm Convention<br />

Article 1: Objective- To protect human health and the environment from the<br />

adverse effects of POPs.<br />

Article 5: Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from unintentional<br />

production<br />

• Develop Action Plan (regional or sub-regional) and implement it as part of<br />

the national implementation plan for POPs specified in Article 7, designed<br />

to identify, characterize and develop and maintain source inventories and<br />

release estimates, and promote measures including the use of best<br />

available techniques (BATs) and best environmental practices (BEPs).<br />

General provisions<br />

• Develop and implement NIP under the Convention within two years of its<br />

entry into force;<br />

• Facilitate and undertake information exchange on POPs including the<br />

establishment of a NFP;<br />

• Encourage and undertake research and monitoring of POPs and their<br />

alternatives;<br />

General Obligations<br />

• Designate a National Focal Point<br />

• Develop, implement and update an implementation plan<br />

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